Small addendum from the March 2024 patch day on March 12. On this occasion, Microsoft also released updates to .NET 8.0.3, .NET 7.0.17 and .NET 6.0.28, which are intended to eliminate vulnerabilities. Our colleagues at deskmodder.de have linked the respective GitHub pages with the details of the individual .NET versions.
[German]A quick note for administrators in corporate environments. Microsoft carries out so-called hardening measures for Windows (clients and servers) over longer periods of time. This involves hardening (securing) functions via Windows Update on certain key dates. Some of these hardening measures are also scheduled for 2024 and 2025. Microsoft has recently updated its corresponding schedule.
Intel has published a series of new security advisories for processors etc. in the Intel Product Security Center as of March 12, 2024. Shawn Brink points out the relevant entries here.
Fortinet has released a security update for its FortiClientEMS on March 12, 2024, as a critical SQL injection vulnerability exists in versions 7.2.0 to 7.2.2. The vulnerability CVE-2023-48788 has received an SVSSv3 score of 9.3. According to this security advisory, the vulnerability is closed with FortiClientEMS 7.2.3 or FortiClientEMS 7.0.11 and higher versions.
[German]A quick question for Microsoft 365 users and administrators. Do you face temporary sign in issues with Microsoft 365 in the relevant office apps since March 10, 2024? A reader contacted me by email and reported corresponding issues. On Monday, March 11, 2024, the login worked again for a few hours until the error occurred again. Here are the details.
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[German]On March 12, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Below you will find an overview of the available updates. Continue reading
[German]Various security updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 (1st ESU year) were published on March 12, 2024. Support for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 expired in January 2024. However, updates for Windows Embedded Standard 7 can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 and Windows Embedded Standard 7.
[German]Google has released another update to the Google Chrome browser (branch 122) in the stable channel on March 12, 2024. The Extended Stable Channel and the app for Android have also received an update. The updates fix bugs and close vulnerabilities. Here is an overview of these updates. Continue reading
[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 on March 12, 2024. These updates fix security vulnerabilities reported to Microsoft by security partners and found by Microsoft's internal processes. According to Microsoft, the updates should be installed promptly.
[German]On March 12, 2024 (Patchday), Microsoft released the security update KB5035849 for Windows Server 2019. A short time later, the first user reported various error crashes during installation. At the end of the process, it emerged that the update installation always fails with the error code 0xd0000034. There are other sources on the Internet with the same error pattern (something could be wrong with the update package). A quick question for the administrators: Do you also have this installation error? Continue reading
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